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namespace java.io
{
	[global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaInterface(typeof(global::java.io.ObjectOutput_))]
	public partial interface ObjectOutput : DataOutput
	{
		void write(int arg0);
		void write(byte[] arg0);
		void write(byte[] arg0, int arg1, int arg2);
		void writeObject(java.lang.Object arg0);
		void flush();
		void close();
	}

	[global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaProxy(typeof(global::java.io.ObjectOutput))]
	internal sealed partial class ObjectOutput_ : java.lang.Object, ObjectOutput
	{
		internal new static global::MonoJavaBridge.JniGlobalHandle staticClass;
		internal ObjectOutput_(global::MonoJavaBridge.JNIEnv @__env) : base(@__env)
		{
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m0;
		void java.io.ObjectOutput.write(int arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "write", "(I)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m0, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m1;
		void java.io.ObjectOutput.write(byte[] arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "write", "([B)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m1, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m2;
		void java.io.ObjectOutput.write(byte[] arg0, int arg1, int arg2)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "write", "([BII)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m2, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0), global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg1), global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg2));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m3;
		void java.io.ObjectOutput.writeObject(java.lang.Object arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeObject", "(Ljava/lang/Object;)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m3, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m4;
		void java.io.ObjectOutput.flush()
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "flush", "()V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m4);
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m5;
		void java.io.ObjectOutput.close()
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "close", "()V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m5);
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m6;
		void java.io.DataOutput.write(int arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "write", "(I)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m6, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m7;
		void java.io.DataOutput.write(byte[] arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "write", "([B)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m7, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m8;
		void java.io.DataOutput.write(byte[] arg0, int arg1, int arg2)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "write", "([BII)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m8, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0), global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg1), global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg2));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m9;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeInt(int arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeInt", "(I)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m9, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m10;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeChar(int arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeChar", "(I)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m10, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m11;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeBytes(java.lang.String arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeBytes", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m11, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m12;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeUTF(java.lang.String arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeUTF", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m12, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m13;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeLong(long arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeLong", "(J)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m13, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m14;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeByte(int arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeByte", "(I)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m14, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m15;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeShort(int arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeShort", "(I)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m15, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m16;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeFloat(float arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeFloat", "(F)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m16, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m17;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeDouble(double arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeDouble", "(D)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m17, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m18;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeBoolean(bool arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeBoolean", "(Z)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m18, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		private static global::MonoJavaBridge.MethodId _m19;
		void java.io.DataOutput.writeChars(java.lang.String arg0)
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.CallVoidMethod(this, global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass, "writeChars", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V", ref global::java.io.ObjectOutput_._m19, global::MonoJavaBridge.JavaBridge.ConvertToValue(arg0));
		}
		static ObjectOutput_()
		{
			global::MonoJavaBridge.JNIEnv @__env = global::MonoJavaBridge.JNIEnv.ThreadEnv;
			global::java.io.ObjectOutput_.staticClass = @__env.NewGlobalRef(@__env.FindClass("java/io/ObjectOutput"));
		}
	}
}


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Consider, for example, The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy ventures into the Land of Oz and is then assaulted by the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkey minions. But according to Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, the Wicked Witch of the West wasn't all bad. Told from another perspective, she's a caring animal rights activist who understands what it means to love—in her story, she's the victim.
A defense attorney's job is to do what Gregory Maguire did and tell a familiar story from a completely new and different perspective. It is often easier to contrive a plaintiff's story. Plaintiff's counsel will be adamant that his or her client was injured because the defendant did something bad and wrong and that the damage was preventable. Sometimes there's even an injured client sitting at the table looking sad and pained, limping away during recesses. The jurors are naturally going to feel bad for this plaintiff. Representing the defendant often requires more creativity. This is particularly true if your client is technically responsible for some injury but not to the extent claimed by the plaintiff.
Before you can pick a jury, you have to know the story you want to tell so that you can determine the audience you want to hear it. Your theme must be prevalent throughout voir dire, opening statements, witness examination, and closing arguments.
The first, most important thing to remember when talking to jurors is that jurors are real people. By "real people" I don't just mean they are living, breathing Homo sapiens, I mean they are real people who don't have law degrees or speak legalese. They're like your Uncle Joe or nosy neighbor Nancy. They hear the word "quash" and think you're talking about crushing bugs; they hear "protective order" and think it has to do with violence not discovery. They're those normal people in your life who remember everything you ever did and judge you for it.
Jurors are people who believe in concepts of "fairness," "justice," "right," and "wrong." They believe in "broken promises" not "breaches of contracts." They are people who watch movies and TV and read novels and newspapers—not statutes and case law.
Be a storyteller. Attorneys' greatest opportunities to sell their side of the story are during opening and closing statements. Your opening statement is not the time to pick apart the nuances of your case or harp on the mundane details that may or may not be necessary under the law. It is the time to present an alternative theory for the jurors to consider in lieu of the plaintiff's story. It's not enough to say "nah-uh, plaintiff lied!" If at all possible, your side of the story should relieve your client of liability while not completely discrediting the plaintiff's story. Most people know there are two sides to every story. When those sides are completely misaligned, it is difficult to believe anyone. But if you can get a juror to say "I understand how the plaintiff feels, but the defendant does not deserve to pay," then you are more credible.
Don't demonize the plaintiff. The plaintiff's attorney will most likely tell a story that will appeal to the heartstrings of the jurors—particularly in a personal injury or wrongful death action. A defense attorney who tries to accuse an injured person or decedent of wrongdoing will come across very negatively to the jurors. When it is obvious that the plaintiff was injured, the defense attorney needs to tread carefully. The attorney should appear sympathetic and then have an explanation for why the defendant does not deserve to pay for the plaintiff's damages.
Don't overeducate your jurors. Depending on the type of case you are defending, educating the jurors may or may not be in your favor. For example, if you're defending a large general contractor on a breach of contract dispute, it is not necessary to explain to the jurors the vastness of the scope of work that was to be performed. This tends not only to confuse but also to bore many jurors. More likely, all that is necessary to explain is that the subcontractor's change order was not approved and thus no further payment is owed. The nuances of the change order may or may not be necessary, particularly in an opening statement. By way of focus groups and voir dire, you should develop a general understanding of what the public understands relative to the complex issues of your case. Then figure out the simplest, most direct way to build on their preexisting understandings so that the jurors see things your way. It may be helpful to analogize a more common experience with a complex issue in your case. For example, discussing the mechanics of a car or bicycle might help jurors to understand a more complex piece of mechanical functionality.
For smaller corporations, such as family-owned businesses, it is important to show the jury exactly who you are representing. You can explain to them that the corporation is run entirely by the husband and wife sitting at the defense table. Perhaps the business epitomizes the "American Dream" or "Rags to Riches" story.
Once you know your story and you know your characters, you can then determine your audience.
The level of opportunity an attorney has to speak to potential jurors directly during jury selection varies among courts. You need to know going into the trial how much opportunity you have to ask questions yourself versus the judge asking the questions. If you have an opportunity to speak to potential jurors during voir dire, remember that this is a cherished opportunity for you to speak directly to the jurors. You should be respectful, but not meek. After all, this is your courtroom, so feel free to show them you're comfortable and in control.
Adapt. Defense attorneys should consider it an opportunity to go second rather than a burden. Some attorneys may find going second to be a disadvantage because the plaintiff gets to make the first impression and takes all the "good questions." The important key here is that you can adapt. A defense attorney needs to take careful notes to remember what was asked and answered during the plaintiff's questioning. Jurors feel a greater sense of value if you remember their names and their answers from the earlier voir dire. It's like when you're at a party and someone you meet remembers you from last year. It feels good to be listened to and thought of. More importantly, jurors don't want to waste time repeating answers to the exact same questions.
You represent a defendant employer accused of disfavoring women and preferring men by giving men more time off and higher salaries. The juror, a female, was mistreated by her employer who frequently made sexual advances and created a hostile work situation. In this situation, the juror may have little sympathy for a plaintiff who may or may not be earning as much as her male counterparts and doesn't like her schedule. This juror may feel that she had suffered much worse and the plaintiff is overreacting to an otherwise healthy work environment.
In this way, jurors often compare their own experiences to the facts of the case. If the defendant did "no worse than what most people do" in the eyes of jurors, than they will often find the employer blameless. The lower a juror's expectations, the better the defendant looks. As the attorney, you know the facts of the case, so you can weigh a juror's subjective feelings against what you already know is coming in the case. To that end, in an employment case, a juror with a terrible employment dispute may be more inclined to agree with your "less terrible" defendant than someone who has had nothing but positive working experiences with high standards for employers.
Applying the "expectation not experience" rule is a valuable skill for attorneys. The plaintiff's attorney will most likely nix the jurors who are stereotypically bad for the plaintiff and good for the defendant. So, if the defense attorney can keep stereotypically pro-plaintiff jurors with low expectations in favor of the defendant, then the defense can put itself in a favorable position.
Jurors connected to the insurance industry.
People with relatable experiences in which they were wronged in a way greater than your client's alleged actions.
People who place high value on personal responsibility.
People who are in favor of tort reform.
Overly emotional or overly sympathetic individuals.
Union employees or people who place emphasis on communal responsibility.
People who are already angry with your specific client.
A defense attorney needs to focus on developing and telling a unique story from his or her client's perspective; adapt; and actively listen to jurors' expectations rather than drawing assumptions. It is important to be less concerned with playing defense and more concerned with affirmatively advocating for your client's position. Sincerity, compassion, and common sense usually win over jurors. No matter how heinous the alleged actions of your defendant-client, remember that even the Wicked Witch of the West has her side of the story.


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New York and Milwaukee vary in approach to juvenile justice
By ALLISON DIKANOVIC of Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceSeptember 14, 2019 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) — The walk from a subway station in Brooklyn, New York, to a secure facility for kids in the criminal justice system takes all of five minutes. The route passes by a laundromat, a Chinese takeout restaurant, a bodega with fresh flowers on the sidewalk and a college preparatory high school.
It's a little different than the three-and-a-half-hour drive from Milwaukee through fields and farms to Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons in the unincorporated town of Irma, Wisconsin.
The nonprofit news outlet Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service provided this article to The Associated Press through a collaboration with Institute for Nonprofit News.
In Brooklyn, the gray stone apartment building is indistinguishable from other homes on the block. A hip-level black gate with decorative trim opens up to a concrete courtyard with a space for recycling bins. Blue stairs lead to a glass-paned locked door. Once opened, another locked door is just inside, an additional yet subtle security measure.
The windows have bars on them that match the aesthetic of the gate. No razor barbed wire is in sight.
Young people whom family courts deem to be the highest risk to the community are placed in this limited-secure facility, right in the middle of a residential neighborhood, across the street from a school.
The front room has two couches by the window and a box of board games for when families come to visit the kids, usually at least once a week.
In the winter, the youths help shovel neighbors' sidewalks, and in the summer, they help garden, said Lisa Crook, vice president of justice for youth and families programs at Rising Ground, one of the nonprofits that operates these homes.
"There's this mindset, like 'oh, you need to be punished for your crime,' but what I've often said is just because we have a homelike setting, and we have therapeutic intervention, does not mean that the kids are not acutely aware of the accountability and what led them to be placed with us in the first place," Crook said.
"If you have a program that looks institutional and treats a kid institutionally, you teach someone how to be institutionalized," she added.
In the year and a half since the Wisconsin legislature passed a bill to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake and replace the state's youth prisons with smaller regional facilities, local and state leaders have proposed various replacement plans. Leaders from Milwaukee County — including County Executive Chris Abele — have looked to best practices in places across the country to use as inspiration for changes locally. They have continually referenced New York's Close to Home reform initiative as a model to learn from.
Felipe Franco, deputy commissioner for New York City's Administration for Children's Services, said: "We believe that kids should be served in their homes or close to their homes, and we value that these communities and these families are actually part of the solution."
This wasn't always the mindset in New York.
In 2012, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation called Close to Home, which restructured the way New York's youth justice system worked as a whole. The initiative moved all of the state's young people from state-run youth prison facilities upstate into community-based programs, and, in some situations, into small residential care homes with limited security measures, in the city.
More robust alternative-to-incarceration programs were put in place to give judges sentencing options that wouldn't remove youths from their homes. The criteria for who was considered "high risk" and in need of residential placement were changed, with the goal to keep more kids at home and limit the number of youths who are placed in the Close to Home facilities.
For those who the courts decide do need to be placed, these 29 home-like facilities — which can house up to 12 youths but these days usually have fewer than five — adhere to a therapeutic model of care that focuses on shifting the way young people make decisions.
The emphasis is on family engagement and involvement in the broader community to prepare the youths for returning home. Girls are housed separately from boys. Nonprofits receive contracts from the city to operate the homes, so as the needs change and as the number of youths being placed declines, the city can easily close homes or change their purpose.
The sweeping reforms came in the wake of a declining youth crime rate, a significantly increasing cost of housing a young person in one of the upstate prisons and mounting pressure from advocates as investigations and reports of abuse surfaced from the state facilities. Leaders have acknowledged that the youth prison model they were using was no longer effective for New York's young people.
Just one year before New York passed Close to Home, in 2011, Wisconsin took a drastically different approach to shifting how it handled youths in the justice system.
Rather than shuttering large prison-like institutions and moving Milwaukee youths back to the city, the state closed its correctional facility in Southeastern Wisconsin, Ethan Allen in Delafield, Wisconsin, and transferred all of the youths to Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake.
Since then, in line with national trends, New York and Wisconsin have both continued to experience a decline in youth arrests and residential placement in correctional facilities. They both also arrest and lock up black and brown youths at much higher rates than their white counterparts.
However, other than that, the states' two approaches have yielded vastly different outcomes.
In Wisconsin, Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake fell into a state of well-documented disarray that has cost taxpayers more than $25 million in legal fees to date. Criminal investigations have opened and closed. Youths have sued for allegations of abuse, injury, sexual assault and neglect at the institution. The facilities experienced severe understaffing and inadequate training.
Expenses have soared. It now costs more than $144,000 a year to incarcerate each young person at Lincoln Hills or Copper Lake and is expected to surpass $200,000 in the next year. The most recent recidivism rate for youths at Lincoln Hills within the three- year period from 2014 to 2017 was 58.8%, according to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
Meanwhile in New York, from 2014 to 2016, only 7.6% of youths violated their probation and 14% were readmitted to a Close to Home facility. From 2013 to 2018, the number of youths placed in residential facilities in New York dropped by 71%, in effect shrinking the whole system. In the 2018 fiscal year, only 154 youths in all of New York City were placed in Close to Home facilities, according to New York City's Administration for Children's Services.
But possibly more revealing than just recidivism or a decline in placements, the Close to Home reforms in New York seem to be creating additional positive outcomes for youths, according to a report from the Columbia Justice Lab, a research organization at Columbia University studying justice system reform. In the 2016-'17 school year, 91% of youths in the facilities passed their academic classes. In 2016, 91% of youths enrolled in a community-based program after being released from a facility and 67% successfully completed their aftercare program.
"I think the Close to Home programs they have now are reasonable," said Nathan, a 13-year-old who completed a placement in a Close to Home facility. "If you're going to commit a crime, it's not like you're just going to get a walk in the park. I'm not saying that it's lit, but it's actually reasonable. It's not like you're in jail."
"I really matured when I was in there," he said. "They taught me how to look at things differently, and it helped me mature."
The changes that Wisconsin and Milwaukee make in the wake of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake closing have the potential to affect the future of some of the state's most vulnerable youths.
In its most recent application to the state juvenile justice grant committee, Milwaukee County submitted a proposal that in some ways resembles the Close to Home model.
The county's latest plan includes renovations to existing residential facilities, including the Vel R. Phillips Youth Detention Center, and possibly leasing other spaces in partnership with existing service providers to create 32 total beds for Milwaukee youths placed in residential correctional settings. The plan would also build out more local, community-based programs to accommodate youths in the system instead of sending them upstate or placing them in correctional settings.
However, the state grant committee has yet to determine which counties will receive funding for their replacement plans.
Other counties across Wisconsin have also applied, and their proposals include building new secure correctional facilities and renovating detention centers.
Additionally, the state Department of Corrections has released renderings of a youth prison with 35 beds that it seeks to build in Milwaukee County for youths deemed "serious juvenile offenders." The state also plans to build a youth prison in Hortonia and to significantly expand Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center, which is a secure correctional facility in Madison, increasing the number of beds across the state for youth in the justice system.
In New York, Crook stressed the importance of making sure kids are connected to supports in their communities.
"We have to be real," Crook said. "The kids are going back to the same places they're coming from, and so they have to learn how to make better decisions in the same communities where they're at."


PSG Talks: Performance Based Budgeting in Indonesia: Has it Performed?
Public Sector Governance (PSG) Faculty of Economics and Business UGM will conduct a PSG Talks #3 with topic "Performance Based Budgeting in Indonesia: Has it Performed?", (Indonesian, Penganggaran Berbasis Kinerja DI Indonesia: Sudahkah Berkinerja?).


The Buccaneers have agreed to contracts that will keep pass rusher Larry English and safety Major Wright with the team, reports Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune (via Twitter) and Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (via Twitter).
English was a first-round pick of the Chargers in the 2009 NFL Draft, after taking down the quarterback more than 30 times during his final three collegiate years. His success stopped there, as he struggled with both performance and injury with the team. He was cut before the 2014 season, and signed with the Buccaneers.
Wright was a third-round pick of the Bears in the 2010 NFL Draft, after winning a national championship with the University of Florida. He was inconsistent in Chicago, and signed a one-year deal with the Buccaneers last offseason.
Both English and Wright were cut by the team after signing, but rejoined the Buccaneers in 2014. Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht has now re-signed four players, with English and Wright joining linebacker Jason Williams and tight end Luke Stocker, according to Cummings (via Twitter).
12:08pm: The Panthers have confirmed Cason's release and Byndom's promotion in a press release, announcing two more moves as well. The club has also cut veteran linebacker Jason Williams and elevated linebacker Horace Miller from the taxi squad.
10:53am: The Panthers will promote cornerback Carrington Byndom from their practice squad to take Cason's spot on the roster, tweets Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer.
10:15am: Another shake-up is coming in the Panthers' secondary, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk (via Twitter), who reports that Carolina has waived cornerback Antoine Cason. While no corresponding move has been announced yet, I expect the club will fill the newly-created opening on the 53-man roster shortly.
Cason, a former first-round pick, had started 11 of the Panthers' 12 games this season, but had plenty of ups and downs throughout the year. The 28-year-old was benched on Sunday after allowing a touchdown to Vikings wideout Greg Jennings, and has a grade of -10.2 on the season, according to Pro Football Focus' metrics (subscription required). Although he has grabbed a pair of interceptions, Cason has also allowed six touchdowns, a 122.2 passer rating, and an 80.3% completion rate on passes thrown into his coverage, per PFF.
The Panthers' secondary has been inconsistent for most of the season, and Cason's release marks the second time a notable veteran defensive back has been cut within the last few weeks — Carolina also parted ways with safety Charles Godfrey, who subsequently signed with the division-rival Falcons. Presumably, even in the NFC South, the Panthers are focused less on competing for the postseason and more on taking a look at younger players for the last few weeks of the year.
Assuming Cason isn't claimed on waivers, he'll clear tomorrow and will become an unrestricted free agent, able to sign with any team.
The Panthers have re-signed linebacker Jason Williams, the team announced today in a press release. The release also confirmed the re-signing of defensive back James Dockery, which we first heard about last week.
Williams, 27, didn't see any playing time on defense for the Panthers last season, but was a contributor on special teams, appearing in 11 games for the unit and recording six tackles. A former third-round pick, Williams will likely have a similar role in 2014 as a special teams player and a reserve behind the team's starting linebackers.


Its quite hard to find out what is what if you play the game for the first time (like me).
Hmm, yes they should all have tooltips. I see tooltips for all of them on my machine. Maybe this is a linux problem?
Not sure are tooltips depends on server response?
Yes, the content is received from the server each time they are opened.
We dont have a windows server so all runs with mono on linux this may cause issues.
Good to hear; I'll de-prioritize this for now, but might as well leave it open.
You should label it with "mono server" or something like that.
Our 0.7.2.3 server running on Mono / Ubuntu Linux appears to have fully functioning tooltips.
Will track on following releases and check for regression.


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Author: LtColumbo
George Floyd Protests Expose the Hypocrisy of COVID-19
On June 7, 2020 July 7, 2020 By LtColumboIn CDC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, George Floyd, Media, Small BusinessLeave a comment
If the recent mass protests in this country have shown us anything aside from the obvious fact that they honor the memory of George Floyd, they are also providing evidence that this unconstitutional and unscientific mass quarantine should end.
There have been mass protests all over the United States in the last thirteen days in cities like Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston and too many more to name. Not only are the protesters not observing social distancing but also many are not wearing face masks, which by the way according to the CDC are ineffective and cannot filter out viruses that measure .1 µm and less.
In case you haven't seen the many images of protesters marching, here are a few from select cities across the U.S.:
Black Lives Matter Protest in NYC (unmasked)
Black Lives Matter Protest in Houston
Black Lives Matter Protest in Washington, D.C.
Black Lives Matter Protest in Chicago
Recently many healthcare professionals have stated the protests are not a danger and unlike the protest against the quarantine, are safe and will not spread COVID-19. Global health expert Jennifer Nuzzo tweeted: 'We should always evaluate the risks and benefits of efforts to control the virus. In this moment the public health risks of not protesting to demand an end to systemic racism greatly exceed the harms of the virus.'
History. LA.
A post shared by COMPLEX (@complex) on Jun 7, 2020 at 10:15pm PDT
In fact, more than 100 health professionals have signed a petition saying coronavirus should not be used as an excuse to not protest.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (Michigan-D), who arrested people protesting the lockdown and also arrested store owners who opened up during the quarantine, marched with BLM protesters and others obviously ignoring social distancing and again many not wearing masks. The same was true of other leaders who marched in Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. If in the next week or two there is no spike in mortality rates, the entire issue should be put to rest and the country should be reopened without phases, just reopened period. (As I've written before, this policy would be the essence of the Politics of Duh.)
Of course, let's remember even a large spike in the amount of cases does not necessarily mean that much; testing is now far more prevalent and it also includes people getting tested for antibodies, which is becoming more and more popular.
In many places across the world, citizens are starting to push back on COVID-19 limitations. In Italy, a group calling themselves 'Orange Vests,' led by retired Carabinieri general Antonio Pappalardo, refuses to wear masks. Pappalardo said: "These lungs are mine. I will take care of my lungs. Breathing is sacred."
The Constitution does not only protect those who protest but it also protects citizens who have been deprived of their livelihood and subjected to ridiculous quarantining, prevented from expressing their religious freedom and thwarted from their ability to lead a happy, normal life.
Columbia University Goes Batty for China's Coronavirus Response
On May 24, 2020 May 24, 2020 By LtColumboIn China, COVID-19, International PoliticsLeave a comment
In the Spring/Summer 2020 edition of Columbia University's eponymous print magazine, the cover story – What We Have Learned from the Pandemic (So Far) – the Manhattan-based ivy league school strangely touted the fact that its faculty members helped mold China's response to the coronavirus.
On the third page of the eight-page spread, written by "The Editors of Columbia Magazine" the article states:
In late January, when most Americans were hearing about the novel coronavirus for the first time, the Columbia epidemiologist W. Ian Lipkin was in Beijing, advising the Chinese government on its response … After meeting with health and science ministers, fellow epidemiologists, and physicians working on the front lines, Lipkin delivered a series of recommendations to senior Chinese leaders.
– Columbia Magazine, "What We Have Learned from the Pandemic (So Far)," Spring/Summer 2020 Edition
Lipkin, according to the piece, "endorsed" Chinese efforts to lock down Wuhan and "urged them to close hundreds of live-animal markets like the one at the center of the outbreak."
Well, well, well.
So, is this piece meant to inform us that Columbia, which by the University's own admission was involved in early stages of coronavirus response in China, was also involved in the virus' suppression from the world dialogue until it became a known and feared medical entity in mid-February? By some reports, the virus was first detected in China November 2019. If Columbia was involved from the beginning, why was knowledge of the "novel coronavirus" delayed in reaching global ears until two months after its first instance?
The beginnings of COVID-19 are dark and shadowy; stories run rampant of brave Chinese doctors who had the courage to speak out against the suppression of information and were subsequently arrested or made to "disappear."
Even The New York Times ran a story about the late Dr. Li Wenliang. In January, he issued a warning about a new virus in an online chatroom to his medical school classmates. Dr. Wenliang would later tragically die of the virus.
The Wall Street Journal echoed China's serious virus misgivings in a scathing critique of early Chinese response to COVID-19. "China's errors, dating back to the very first patients, were compounded by political leaders who dragged their feet to inform the public of the risks and to take decisive control measures," write authors Jeremy Page, Wenxin Fan and Natasha Khan.
We do know that as the virus first spread in China, the Chinese government quarantined the entire city of Wuhan, which has a population of about 11 million people. The quarantine was extreme; people were basically forced into their apartments and prohibited from leaving.
Yet, even as the quarantine kept Wuhan residents isolated, restricted from traveling anywhere in China, there was no such quarantine in place when it came to international travel. Flights from Wuhan to destinations in Europe, the United States and other countries were allowed to continue business as usual during this quarantine in Wuhan. Why would Chinese citizens be protected from the virus' spread but not the international community? This dichotomous lock-down/not lock-down continued throughout January and February. We all know what happened next …
But the precarious evidence stacking up against China doesn't end there; it's widely known that viral research was going on at not one but two Wuhan medical labs. Institutions in the United States such as Harvard University and the University of Texas actively participated in the research at these Wuhan laboratories as did the NIH. And now, by their own admission, we know Columbia University was involved, too.
However, Columbia's statement in the newly published cover story that the virus originated in the " wet market" in Wuhan has been widely debunked by American intelligence agencies. Earlier this month, Forbes published a story stating the reasons COVID-19 most likely originated in one of the Wuhan labs.
Why in the world would a prestigious institution like Columbia University disclose in print that they were even involved with this tyrannical Chinese communist government? It must be a case of cognitive dissonance; there's no other reason to explain why Columbia would be proud of associating its historic reputation with the way the Wuhan virus was handled in China.
Unmasking the Myths of COVID-19
On May 16, 2020 May 17, 2020 By LtColumboIn CDC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Media1 Comment
We are living in a bad sci-fi movie, which plagiarizing from the famous Dr. Strangelove movie could be called: How I learned to stop worrying and love the coronavirus.
There is so much mis-information and downright lying concerning COVID-19 and it's dangerously promulgated by a coordinated media and governmental effort. We have to remember that six giant corporations own 90% of the media (as recently reported by Business Insider) and thus, these six corporations own the information that is provided to more than 277 million Americans nationwide.
Let's just go over a few of the blatant lies these six corporations regularly spew.
Media Myth No. 1: Wearing a mask will help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Mask-wearing has been recommended by CDC and forced upon the general population via executive orders issued by all-too-willing tyrannical governors. Yet, where is the science behind the idea that by wearing a mask you're at less risk to contract coronavirus or that you're mitigating the risk of spreading the virus to others? The most recent studies show that mask wearing is ineffective in stopping viral transmission. Two studies, one referenced in our last post, completely demolish the rationale for walking around looking like bandits. In a lengthy and scientifically grounded article, the Oral Health Group challenges the efficacy of masks. Then, even more damning still, our very own CDC just published a public policy review article (it was months earlier published in print). The abstract overview clearly states its stance on mask-wearing:
Here, we review the evidence base on the effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical personal protective measures and environmental hygiene measures in nonhealthcare settings and discuss their potential inclusion in pandemic plans. Although mechanistic studies support the potential effect of hand hygiene or face masks, evidence from 14 randomized controlled trials of these measures did not support a substantial effect on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
– Jingyi Xiao1, Eunice Y. C. Shiu1, Huizhi Gao, Jessica Y. Wong, Min W. Fong, Sukhyun Ryu, and Benjamin J. Cowling, Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures, CDC Policy Review, Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
This study, again for emphasis, recently published by the CDC, is devastating to Dr. Fauci's advice on using masks. How laughable that after touting the efficacy of mask-wearing since March, it's Dr. Fauci's own organization – the CDC – that debunks the entire " masks will protect you myth."
The truth about the inefficacy of masks is especially provocative in the large cities, like NYC, where it's heresy to go against the accepted dogma that mask wearing is for the common good. If you don't wear a mask in Manhattan, you're basically akin to being a murderer. (In a surprising turn of policy, Mayor Bill De Blasio announced Friday that New York City police will no longer be enforcing mask-wearing by the public unless there is a "serious danger.")
Masks are bullshit. pic.twitter.com/aw5dyEjkiD
— Mike (@FuctupMike) May 6, 2020
Masks have simply become a symbol of capitulation to big brother and a sign that most people will do anything the government tells them no matter how ridiculous. If we were back in the times of the Salem witch hunt, non-compliant people would certainly be burned at the stake. Forget the scientific evidence, this is for our good. Don't be a non-believer!
Media Myth No. 2: The statistics and facts show COVID-19 is still surging.
Ah, "surging." The newly in vogue term used to describe the state of coronavirus … well, everywhere. But even a quick glance at the numbers will prove no such surge. The use of statistics and non-existent facts by governmental sources and especially by mostly ignorant journalists to prove their coronavirus narrative is astounding. I could almost forgive journalists because they have no formal training in either science, mathematics or basic statistical analysis, so what can we really expect?
But it's not all ignorance when it comes to journalists. Many times, it's political agenda. Journalists are constantly quoting the rising amount of cases, knowing full well this is strictly a factor of how many people are being tested. Test more people, get more cases.
A far better statistic to use than cases is the mortality rate per million because we know the population and we also know how many people died. However this figure must be interpreted with the understanding that many people died with COVID-19 and not as a result of COVID-19. So, even the mortality rate will always be exaggerated. But we can still use it to compare the state of coronavirus in different areas and countries because it's the best number we have. At least it's apples to apples instead of scare tactics to surreptitious statistics.
Looking at the current Worldometer results, a few things become apparent: Countries that chose to quarantine and lock down fared no better and in many instances, were far worse off, than countries that chose to remain open like Brazil and Sweden. In fact, one of the most locked-down countries in the world, Belgium, has the highest mortality rate in the world at 773 per million.
And on the other end of the spectrum, Sweden is doing equal to or better when compared with Western European countries that are locked down. Plus, Sweden's economy is not destroyed.
These numbers make evident that COVID-19 is really not affecting countries, (or entire continents for that matter) like Africa or South America where temperatures are higher and there is abundant UV light.
Generally, when the media wishes to create panic they always cite the increase in cases. But the increase in cases is overwhelmingly due to increased testing. When the pandemic first began, officials were basing their statements on theoretical models. We now have facts available to us and real data we can arm ourselves with to lessen risk while returning society back to normal … or whatever's left of society at this economically-ravaged point in the world's history.
When the CDC, the WHO, the Imperial College of London and the IHME made their wildly outlandish predictions of mortality rates, there were very few statistics available. Concepts such as quarantining the healthy, social distancing of six feet, wearing those now-proven-ineffective masks and shutting down economies had no scientific basis and were just pulled out of thin, virus-laden air. They're certainly less grounded in science today, when the real figures can prove otherwise. These are not false statistics devised by a nutty professor in an ivory tower above the streets of London. These are the numbers. These are the reported facts.
Media Myth No. 3: Quarantining the healthy is a good idea.
Where did the theory of quarantining the healthy come from? It has certainly never been tested against a control group as Dr. Fauci always rants about when discussing medical treatments to combat COVID-19. In actuality, recent data points to the opposite; a government study in Spain showed that people who stayed at home died at a far greater rate than people who were out working.
So not only are these media "myths" completely false, but they are also incredibly dangerous. And that, my good Politics of Duh friends, is the absolute truth.
United Surfers of America: SoCal Beach Towns Said 'No' to Waives on Freedom
On May 9, 2020 May 9, 2020 By LtColumboIn California, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Newport Beach1 Comment
Bottom line: Don't mess with surfers.
About two weeks ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom sent a directive to Orange County City Councils to shut the beaches down. While Laguna Beach had been closed for weeks, Newport Beach and Huntington Beach were still open. But after the widespread circulation of one misleading photograph showing a crowded Newport Beach – shot admittedly by the O.C. Register photographer with a telephoto lens so subjects appeared closer – Gov. Newsom decided to force O.C. beaches to close.
Orange County has always been a thorn in the side of Gov. Newsom because of the region's conservative and libertarian leanings. Prior to the April 30 announcement, it was widely speculated Gov. Newsom would shut down all beaches in the Golden State. When the official memo came, only Orange County beaches were to be closed, with the Governor citing "specific issues on some of those beaches [that] raised alarm bells."
I guess Gov. Gruesome felt COVID-19 only attacked beaches where conservatives swam.
At the time, the total COVID-19 death rate in Orange County was 22 per million. Contrast this number with New York City, where it's approximately 2,338 per million and you'll get some sense of regional scope.
It's true, at least in Newport Beach, the residents were eager to enjoy the region's abundant springtime sunshine and fresh air, and did not stay indoors. They were also hesitant to wear face masks, as soaking in salty, ocean air is quite refreshing on the lungs, and has vast known health benefits. The atmosphere in Newport Beach was as laid-back as you'd expect for a coastal California surf town, a far cry from the mask-enforcement, draconian measures enacted just 50 miles north in Los Angeles.
And on the subject of wearing a mask, does it really prevent the spread of virus anyway? It's been well documented that viruses can spread through the eyes, ears and even the skin, so what does a mask really do?
In a revealing 2016 article for Oral Health Group, John Hardie, BDS, MSc, PhD, FRCDC, intellectually critiques the notion that face masks are "capable of providing an acceptable level of protection from airborne pathogens," as is the widely held belief. Unlike new medicines, the practice of wearing a face mask has admittedly not been subject to the same strenuous investigation to determine actual efficacy. Most of the studies conducted have "limited clinical applicability as they cannot account for such human factors as compliance, coughing and talking," said Dr. Hardie.
Traditionally, as Dr. Hardie notes, face masks were recommended to protect the mouth and nose from the "droplet" route of infection (greater than 5 microns), as they are of no use against airborne transmissions (less than 5 microns). These small particles, transmitted via air currents, can be dispersed over long distances and might even be inhaled by someone who had no contact with the original host.
Even these "droplets" upon emission "undergo evaporation producing a concentration of readily inhalable small particles surrounding the aerosol source," according to Dr. Hardie. As he explained: "[The] efficacy [of face masks] must be re-examined in light of the fact that aerosols contain particles many times smaller than 5 microns."
Not only did Dr. Hardie eloquently argue that these particles are too small for masks to protect but he also showed, through a study of dentists, how exposure to aerosol transmissible pathogens can strengthen the immune system.
The respiratory tract's ability to thwart pathogens was evident, Dr. Hardie said, in a study of dentists, medical professionals who are readily exposed to pathogens as a result of their everyday work. The study found dentists had "significantly elevated levels of antibodies to influenza A and B and the respiratory syncytial virus. Thus, while dentists had greater than normal exposure to these aerosol transmissible pathogens, their potential to cause disease was resisted by respiratory immunologic responses."
But back to Newport Beach, where a sunshine-loving, sometimes-mask-wearing population was told by Gov. Newsom they could no longer be on the beach, effectively criminalizing "surfers and families digging in the sand," as Newport Beach Mayor Will O'Neill wrote on Instagram, adding, so there would be no confusion as to where he stood on the beach closures: "This is sick."
Closing the beach was like declaring war on surfers, on sunshine, on the basic right to walk freely in the open air and salty breeze. Try as they might, the barriers blocking all entrances to the beach in Newport that were dutifully inspected each night by city workers would mysteriously disappear by morning. ("It was the wind," one resident overheard a group of surfers explaining.)
The barriers became more elaborate each passing day, with more sandbags, more reinforced fencing, more zip ties to affix the fencing and still, they never lasted more than a few hours, especially as Mayor O'Neill and Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes announced they would not be enforcing this directive. (Even the city signs around the beach were laughably tongue in cheek: Beach temporarily closed by state order or Beaches closed by the governor.)
Within hours of Gov. Newsom's directive, a walk on the beach became a chance to claim back newly stripped American freedom. Beachgoers sat with their umbrellas and American flags. Skywriters etched "Fire Gruesome Newsom! Open California!" into the heavens above. Huntington Beach citizens marched in peaceful protest along a main intersection of Pacific Coast Highway.
While much of the state and country seemed to mock this pushback over a simple beach closure, the defiance erupted over more than the right to stand by the sea. Orange County residents were standing up to defend the Constitution, which has lately taken a back seat to modern gubernatorial dictatorship, a new kind of power-wielding that strips Americans of the centuries-old rights this country was built to espouse, defend and protect.
Bolstered by overwhelming local support, Mayor O'Neill publicly disagreed with Gov. Newsom's order and pointed out in a conversation with Tucker Carlson that Newport Beach hospitals were not overwhelmed – only 28 beds were being used. There was no wave of deaths that ever happened due to coronavirus in Newport Beach.
Huntington Beach, Dana Point and several local private businesses in Orange County requested a temporary restraining order against the directive in the Orange County Supreme Court. Newport Beach City Councilman Kevin Muldoon personally sued Gov. Newsom in federal court. The lawsuit stated: "Defendants have shown by their actions a willingness to ignore and to violate the fundamental civil rights of California residents."
In both Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, police forces refused to arrest or ticket anyone in violation of the state directive.
"This is a war between the city and the governor, so we don't know what tomorrow will bring," one resident was told by a Newport Beach policeman after the cop politely asked him to step off the beach. (He did, returning to the sand as soon as the police vehicle departed.)
To enforce the order, Gov. Newsom sent ten California Highway Patrol (CHP) units to Orange County, which meant, of course, there were that many fewer officers patrolling the roads. With CHP busy on the beach, another group of rebels, the California car culture enthusiasts, turned the highways into their own version of the California Grand Prix, with average speeds approaching 100 mph on mostly deserted and no-longer-patrolled roadways.
Also during this time, Gov. Newsom released seven high-level sex offenders from prison. These convicted criminals roamed free while Newport Beach residents were punished for merely living by the ocean.
Finally, after six long days of mayhem, a cease-fire was reached: Orange County beaches could be open "for active recreational use only," though Mayor O'Neill made it clear this model was not the preferred choice of the City Council.
If you follow the data, the beaches should absolutely be open, and never should've closed in the first place. Even after the so-called "crowded" beach day two weeks ago, there has been no surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations or deaths in Newport Beach. As of May 9, there are 105 known cases of COVID-19 in Newport Beach, which has a population of 80,000. When Gov. Newsom's beach ban was put into place, known cases were at 89. No statistician would argue that 16 new cases can be defined as a surge, especially when this increase could just be the result of additional testing. Plus, "cases" does not mean sick; it's possible these patients exhibited mild symptoms of the virus or, as with many COVID-19 cases, are asymptomatic.
The statistics do show that as of May 10, COVID-19 fatalities in Orange County, which has a population of more than 3 million, increased from 50 to approximately 70. It should be dubiously noted the 20 deaths recorded due to COVID-19 during this timespan did not require testing for the virus to be confirmed, so completely unrelated medical factors could have caused someone in Orange County to die but this untimely death would have still been recorded as a COVID-19 fatality.
What's the moral of this sad story? As the new saying in Newport Beach goes: Newsom don't surf.
On April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 By LtColumboIn Coronavirus, COVID-191 Comment
What do you do when the experts writing the news aren't experts and can't write?
In today's Apple news alert, titled "More grim milestones for the U.S.," bullet point No. 1 was pulled from an article in the Los Angeles Times: "More Americans have died from COVID-19 than in the Vietnam War … Meanwhile, confirmed cases in the U.S. topped 1 million."
Yes, the news does seem grim, but it's also the kind of duplicitous wordplay journalists have been engaged in all pandemic long. Let's start with that first point, about the Vietnam War death toll compared with COVID-19 fatalities. According to the L.A. Times, NPR, CNN, MarketWatch, Mother Jones and a host of other click-hungry media outlets, 58,220 Americans died during the Vietnam War and as of today, the U.S. death toll has reached 58,365.
Strictly examining the numbers, the statement is true. However, here are other statements that can be made that are just as true and just as tragic:
So far in 2020, the number of cancer deaths in the U.S. is 606,520, or 10.4 times the amount of casualties during the Vietnam War. (Statistics via Cancer.org.)
CDC flu death estimates from Oct. 1 2019 to April 4, 2020 are between 24,000 and 62,000. If the latter number is correct, flu deaths during this period exceed casualties of the Vietnam War by 3,780 while casualties of COVID-19 exceed Vietnam War deaths by 145.
Heart disease deaths in California for the year 2018 (the last year the CDC reported statistics) exceed Vietnam War casualties by 4,327.
Contrasting lives lost during the Vietnam War to the COVID-19 death toll is effective as a narrative mechanism to understand scope, perhaps, but it's also irresponsibly arbitrary. Why not use the Civil War as a barometer, when an estimated 215,000 lives were lost? By that morbid gauge, we are nowhere near the amount of deaths resulting from those terrible, bloody battles.
And what about the number provided – 58,365? Can we really trust in its validity? Shadowy doubt can be thrown at this figure, too, especially when new information has come to light about the classification of COVID-19 deaths.
In a video public health officials were suspiciously quick to dismiss, Drs. Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi, co-owners of Accelerated Urgent Care in Bakersfield, Calif., examined data – "millions of cases, small amount of deaths" – during a press conference lasting exactly one hour and nine minutes. (A related note on the state of our free press: YouTube announced it removed the video, citing it as "flagged content that violate our Community Guidelines." Also relatedly, Google owns YouTube and employees have anonymously yet publicly voiced concerns surrounding the company's close ties to China, particularly as they relate to Google's plan to launch a censored search engine for China.)
Anyway, over the span of those 69 minutes, the Drs. examined findings from their own testing and extrapolated the numbers over the state of California to arrive at a death rate of about 0.3%. They also examined death tolls from around the world, notably Sweden versus Norway, the former country exercising little to no social distancing or business shutdowns, the latter country collectively sheltering in place. From a statistical standpoint, the death rate differences in the two countries, with same climate and same way of life, were marginal.
Beyond the de-bunking of the CDC and WHO's theoretical erroneousness, they also said even those deaths classified as COVID-19 come into question when you factor in co-morbidities, which any doctor would rightly do. With widespread cases (by Apple's own alert, the number in the U.S. is beyond 1 million), it's possible any patient with a life-threatening illness also had COVID-19, though the coronavirus did not ultimately contribute to their death. Plus, while the CDC allows doctors to classify COVID-19 deaths based on "suspicion" of the virus rather than on performing an actual test, it's virtually impossible to separate flu cases from COVID-19 cases from cases that have nothing to do with either of those things.
Dr. Fauci and his crew of motley scientists have already proven their absolute ineptitude with deciphering predictive models, though they are experts at delivering foreboding false reports (200,000 deaths?). It's not only likely but also probable Fauci and his "fact finders" are wrong about this death toll.
Finally, let's talk about the 1 million cases number that Apple labeled as part of its "grim" news update, though really, it's not so grim. Think about this figure in terms of simple math: To arrive at the death rate, we divide the number of deaths (numerator) by the total number of known cases (denominator). If the denominator is going up at a greater rate than the numerator, this lowers the overall death rate in the U.S. More known cases, less fatalities, lower and lower death rate.
Conspicuously missing from Apple's news report? The number of domestic violence cases that has truly surged since stay at home orders and lockdowns were enacted – 31 million new reports, says CBS. The number of child abuse cases has also increased – the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, according to NPR, had a 22% rise in monthly calls from people younger than 18. Or what about the number of small businesses forced to shut down indefinitely? The number of newly unemployed workers nationwide? Furloughed Americans? Industries (like restaurants, bars, entertainment venues) that will take months or years to recover? The COVID-19 Information Center announced today the U.S. economy shrunk 4.8% in the first quarter, the biggest contraction since 2008.
No matter how you spin it, journalists' penchant for warping half-truths and slathering dramatic adjectives onto lies is nothing new, but during a global pandemic the practice isn't just thoughtless, it's wrong. Maybe the new slogan of this coronavirus age can be applied to our media elite. A public health guideline for those reporters in the terrible business of truth-twisting: stop writing, stay home.
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There's a very interesting relationship between the UV index in a particular area and the mortality rate per million as it concerns COVID-19.
The CDC and NIH have not spoken about this as far as I know (or as far as an exhaustive internet search will tell me). When both organizations speak about their wildly inaccurate projections for this virus they only talk about mitigation efforts.
So far, there has been no real explanation as to why states like New York are seeing such different death rates from California, Florida and Texas. For more than a month, New York has practiced the most stringent mitigation efforts; in fact, once it was determined the virus could be transmitted by tiny droplets in the air, everyone was advised to wear a face mask. (Try entering a grocery store in Manhattan without one and you'll realize how rigorously this measure has been followed.)
Did mandatory mask-wearing cause a drop in the virus' progression? Who knows. What we do know is that New York remains at the epicenter of deaths resulting from COVID-19 in the United States.
As of today, New York has the highest mortality rate of 550 people per million, while California is at 20 deaths per million people. Similarly, Florida, which had a huge influx of Northerners – some presumably infected – stands at 28 deaths per million.
Elsewhere in the world, Singapore has a mortality rate of only two people per million, which is one of the lowest mortality rates worldwide. Now here's where it gets interesting: In general, Singapore has a very high UV index but reached an extraordinary peak of 15 in February.
Brazil, as another example, kept its economy going. President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil resisted an economic shutdown and death rates for COVID-19 in Brazil's largest cities like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo never approached New York City's mortality level.
Now, excuse the bright and sunny colors for a decidedly sober subject but here's a simple representation of UV Index from low to high, showing that 15, as Singapore clocked, is basically off the charts:
OK, back to our UV discussion. Many studies have shown that UV radiation at a certain level can indeed kill influenza-like viruses, of which the coronavirus would be contained within that category. The Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) published the findings of a study conducted several years ago that showed the effectiveness of UV in killing viruses, especially airborne viruses. In the report, titled Can UV Light Fight the Spread of Influenza?, researchers said, "continuous low doses of far ultraviolet C (far-UVC) can kill airborne flu viruses without harming human tissues."
Referencing the study, Dr. Michael Grosso, chief medical officer at Huntington Hospital in Huntington, N.Y., also told WebMD:
"The prospect of reducing the transmission of influenza and other respiratory viruses using far-UV radiation is very exciting."
The CDC and thee NIH have enormous resources at their disposal. Between the two organizations, they boast more than 30,000 employees and 10,000+ CDC employees according to Forbes earn a collective $1.1 billion annually yet as far as I know, they never speak about or have further researched the relationship between the virus and Ultraviolet radiation. If their models took UV into consideration, maybe the curves would look completely different and be far more accurate. All they seem to care about is mitigation but mitigation as a predictive determinant of virus spread has proven time and time again to be unreliable.
Graphs showing the UV levels for various states during February and March are easy to find (and I'll post a few below). With just a cursory glance, you can see there is a very, very obvious correlation between mortality rates and the level of UV radiation in various countries and states.
Invariably, the higher the UV index, the lower the mortality rate per million. Not only did the CDC mislead President Trump and caused the greatest economic shutdown in the world's history but they also exhibited (and continue to exhibit) a level of incompetence that is simply mind-blowing.
If this relationship between UV levels and COVID-19 mortality holds up, it's quite reasonable to think the virus will fade rapidly as the index goes up in May and June as summer approaches.
Perhaps the correlation was unintentionally overlooked or else deliberately overlooked but either way, it's a crime.
Remember, the world relies on the WHO and the CDC and the Imperial College of London for most of the statistics provided during a pandemic. All three failed the world. But there is still an opportunity to right the wrongs. These facts should be taken into consideration as governments determine the states that should open with minimal risk to the general population. In addition, if this is true, the relationship should be used when creating future models of viral outbreaks to make sure they're more accurate than the fake-news models we've been told to accept as truth. The only truth I see is in the cold, hard numbers, not in the rhetoric or in the irresponsibly tossed-around numbers – 200,000 deaths? UV index and its connection to viral spread is the very essence of the politics of duh.
The Insidious Dr. Fauci
On April 13, 2020 April 15, 2020 By LtColumboIn Coronavirus, COVID-19, International Politics, United Kingdom4 Comments
Yesterday on CNN, Dr. Fauci was saying that President Trump didn't listen to him in mid-February about social distancing and had he listened, could've saved more lives. An interesting twist of ideas, an easy way out, whatever you want to call this latest line of "insights," the facts don't support the fiction.
Dr. Fauci is on tape February 29 saying there is nothing to worry about. When asked if Americans should change their habits – not go to the mall, avoid the gym – Dr. Fauci told Today.com reporters:
"No, right now at this moment there is no need to change anything that you're doing on a day-by-day basis."
– Dr. Anthony Fauci, Feb. 29, 2020 on Today.com
https://www.today.com/video/dr-fauci-on-coronavirus-fears-no-need-to-change-lifestyle-yet-79684677616
But this latest Fauci fabrication is just part of an entire ideology of subterfuge, diverting attention away from his own wrongdoings and false predictions.
Dr. Fauci, while quick to criticize Trump, is also just as quick to defend the World Heath Organization (WHO) when they totally accepted all of China's bogus data and wildly misleading claims in January and February that there was no human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus or the statistics China offered that seemingly showed low infection rates and mortality rates compared with Western nations.
In addition, China claimed all cases abruptly ceased in March, almost like a magical on-off switch had been toggled and the coronavirus flew away, an insidious bat disappearing into the dark night. Again, not true. But according to Chinese authorities, the curve of the Chinese brand of this virus didn't flatten; it just dropped off like the precipice of a steep cliff. This chart is the purported trajectory of the virus in China via worldometers.info:
No flattening of the curve here, no gradual lessening. So, is the Chinese reporting of the COVID-19 cases true? Well, we can look elsewhere for corroboration. There is no comparable curve in any other affected country that even remotely looks like this strange graph.
But back to our "Trump could've saved more lives" hero in all this, Dr. Fauci, who is oddly quiet about the origin of the virus itself. Why isn't he demanding a CDC team travel to Wuhan, China and investigate what actually happened there? He certainly can make demands of our own President.
Checking the virology lab in Wuhan, which at one point the National Institutes of Health (NIH) helped fund, is imperative. Dr. Fauci always defends the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) but the statistics that organization produced have been horribly wrong, even when factoring in mitigation and social distancing measures. Dr. Fauci was also originally quiet about the China travel ban but later, in hindsight, praised it. His vocal cords seemed to gain particular strength, however, when announcing the predicted death tolls in America. On March 29, he told CNN's State of the Union, "I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths" then revised that number to say "it could be more like 60,000" on April 9.
While we don't know the reason behind the good doctor's erratic and downright wrong predictions that led to a total and probably catastrophic economic shutdown, there's one thing we can surmise: He is obviously not to be trusted.
Dr. Fauci referred to the economic shutdown as "inconvenient." (Although the lack of convenience can't be applied to him; this lifelong bureaucrat's income has not been affected.) So, while he collects his paycheck, millions upon millions of Americans will suffer because of the "inconvenient" shutdown. The consequences of putting our economy on halt will be far worse and longer lasting than this virus.
Boris Johnson: Return from the Abyss
On April 12, 2020 April 15, 2020 By LtColumboIn Coronavirus, COVID-19, International Politics, United Kingdom1 Comment
The good news was just announced that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the mend and was released from the hospital after a seven-day stay, which included three days in the intensive care unit.
Upon leaving the hospital, he published a short video message, thanking (by name) a list of doctors and nurses who cared for him, citing them as "the reason in the end my body did start to get enough oxygen."
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No, Carmageddon is not inevitable (Zocalo Public Square)
In advance of tonight's panel discussion at the Petersen Automotive Museum on "How to Speed Up Traffic in L.A.?", Zocalo Public Square asks several experts for their advice. Congestion pricing (i.e. tolling freeways and roads at peak hours to spread out demand), concentrating more housing and jobs near transit, charging non-residents more for parking than residents (encouraging more residents to shop locally perhaps) and making the 'burbs more friendly to pedestrians, cyclists and transit are among the suggestions. In other words, a lot of ideas that have been widely discussed for many years — but never really fully implemented either because of local opposition, lack of political will, lack of money or a combination of all the above.
BTW, sounds like there are still a few spots open for anyone interested in attending tonight's forum — Metro CEO Art Leahy is one of the panelists. Click here for more info. Metro's 720 Rapid Bus and 20 Local Bus on Wilshire Boulevard stop at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax next to the museum. For those coming via Fairfax Avenue, the 780 Rapid Bus and the 217 Local Bus also stop at Wilshire/Fairfax.
No! Wrong way! U.S. carbon emissions rising again (KCET)
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States rose about 2.7 percent in the first half of 2014 compared to the same time period in 2013. Experts blame the rise on last winter's polar vortex that prompted many a Midwesterner and East Coaster to try to keep their homes warm — in those parts of the country, a significant portion of electricity is created by burning coal. One of the nice things about California is that our milder weather means less heating in the winter and the state is less dependent on coal than other regions. Of course, we find other ways to make up for it (in a bad way) — such as sprawling into the desert and sitting alone in idling cars in traffic. One easy solution there: try taking transit every so often, walking or biking or some combination of all three.
Guest post: planning to sprawl (The Last Word on Nothing)
Nice post by Erica Schoenberger on how to explain to students that while individual choices matter when it comes to things that impact the environment (such as traffic), it's equally important to explain the collective decisions that influence the way individuals act.
Here's what I'm trying to help the kids understand. We've been making messes for a very long while and we have known pretty much all along that we were doing so. The histories of our mess-making really matter. Getting at the details lets you see how a trajectory was constructed piece by piece, opening up some possibilities and forclosing others. Further: We may have very good intentions as individuals, but the options we have available to choose among are structured by larger, impersonal forces. Huge collective investments have supported and promoted all those unfortunate individual decisions and have made it hard for people to make good choices. To me, this suggests that huge collective investments in support of good decisions are needed. If a capitalist system must grow to survive, let's grow toward, not away from, the world we want.
This is why I hope everyone watches closely as plans evolve for various Metro projects and a potential ballot measure in 2016. These kind of big projects and/or plans will influence the decisions that people make transportation-wise for many decades to come, not to mention the scarce public funds that will be used on them. If you don't like the choices facing you as an individual, please pay attention to these group decisions — one very much has to do with the other, as Erica writes.
Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct: king of the boondoggles (Streetsblog Network)
A less than optimistic view of the project that involves tearing down an elevated highway and putting it in a tunnel underground. Rising construction costs, a tunnel boring machine (named Bertha) that got stuck and falling toll projections are among the problems thus encountered. That said, the tunnel machine's Twitter feed is entertaining/informative as these things go although Bertha's taste in football teams is questionable at best.
Welcome back, @Seahawks. We share a common goal: multiple rings. #GoHawks pic.twitter.com/C8Hl62E5lH
— Bertha (@BerthaDigsSR99) September 4, 2014
Tagged as: Alaskan Way Viaduct, Bertha, climate change, congestion pricing, emissions, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, parking meters, sprawl, suburbs, Zocalo Public Square
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Tom Savio says:
Let Seattle's Alaska Way "Boondoogle" be a warning to LA METRO that just because it may think it can get the money (ranging from $5-$30 Billion?) to build a Route 710 toll tunnel under Pasadena and South Pasadena it might not be a wise and healthy
idea. As was stated at the San Gabriel Valley Governments' meeting in October (I attended) the 710 toll tunnel is mainly about funding (temporary) construction jobs in the SGV and not letting the "West Side" grab "our" grants than it is about good traffic planning. This sounds all to much like LA World Airport's mis-operation of Ontario Airport–it is a regional fight for dollars more than anything else.
"such as sprawling into the desert and sitting alone in idling cars in traffic. One easy solution there: try taking transit every so often, walking or biking or some combination of all three."
As does pouring billions of dollars to freeway expansion projects, which nonetheless, Metro is a part of.
James Lampert says:
I will say that the viaduct that Seattle is replacing with a tunnel is rather an eyesore. Particularly where it casts a shadow over the historic district.
Speaking of mechanical moles, albeit a little closer to home, Mom Chung has been dismantled and extracted, and Big Alma is being dismantled and extracted, following their success in chewing the SF MUNI's new Central Subway from SoMa to Chinatown.
You must be a FortyWhiner fan.
Wash your mouth out! Please! I'm a Bengals fans and there's no forgiving the 49ers for Super Bowls 16 and 23. Ever.
Who dey!3-0 baby!
DayWalker says:
I read recently that Cincinnati dug the tunnel but didn't lay the tracks for its subway. Maybe those two Super Bowl losses were punishment from the transit gods.
Unrelated, I hope — the Reds certainly fared well despite the subway boondoggle. Turnovers in first half in SB 16 and dropped INT in the end zone in 23 were the big issues!
The Book says a man cannot serve two masters. METRO can't serve both resource conserving public transit and resource wasting mega highway projects. Fate will eventually catch up with METRO, but the public will be left paying the bills.


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Waldock began his career playing for the Loscoe Youth Club in his hometown of Heanor, Derbyshire. His professional career started with a two-year spell at Coventry City, before a move to Sheffield United. It was at his next club, Scunthorpe United, that he enjoyed the best form of his career, scoring nearly 50 goals in 97 appearances over a three-year period. He was also the leading goalscorer as Scunthorpe won the Division Three North Title in 1957-58. His form led to a move to Argyle in September 1959, but he did not settle in the area and moved on to Middlesbrough less than six months later. He stayed in the north-east for nearly two years before finishing his career with Gillingham. He also went on to play for non-league Margate.


They will create a beautiful A3 painting on cartridge paper with Ink, Coloured Pencil and Oil Pastel. Similar to picture. Book the kids in for both workshops on April 6th and have the day to yourself!
Maximum 8 Students, minimum 3, giving your child lots of attention.
BYO morning tea and water bottle.


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